The Groove

The greatest albums of all time

108,862 albums ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Harvest

Neil Young · Warner Bros. Records · 1972

2,621.940

Why this number?

The full board · page 594

14233

Taking the Long Way Dixie Chicks · Columbia · 2006 58.500

14234 At Mount Zoomer Wolf Parade · Sub Pop Records · 2008 58.500

14235 No Way Out The Chocolate Watch Band · Tower · 1967 58.500

14236 Black Woman Sonny Sharrock · Atlantic · 1969 58.500

14237

Feel the Heat Bill Summers · Prestige · 1976 58.500

14238 Virtuoso #2 Joe Pass · Pablo · 1977 58.500

14239 Tom Cat Lee Morgan · Blue Note · 1980 58.500

14240 Retaliation Carnivore · Roadrunner Records · 1987 58.500

14241 Gross Misconduct Hanson Brothers · Alternative Tentacles · 1992 58.500

14242 Satisfied Mind The Walkabouts · Sub Pop Records · 1993 58.500

14243 Cryogenix In Strict Confidence · Zoth Ommog · 1996 58.500

14244

Paradise Belongs to You Saturnus · Euphonious Records · 1996 58.500

14245 Futuristic Poetry Orion · Symbiosis Records · 1997 58.500

14246 Da Dirty 30 CRU · Violator · 1997 58.500

14247

Third Mall From the Sun Snog · Rollercoaster Records · 1999 58.500

14248 A Plump Night Out Plump DJs · Finger Lickin’ Records · 2000 58.500

14249 Suspension Oren Ambarchi · Touch · 2001 58.500

14250 United in Blood Arditi · Neuropa Records · 2004 58.500

14251

Angular Momentum Ionosphere · Power & Steel · 2004 58.500

14252

Grist Drumcorps · Ad Noiseam · 2006 58.500

14253 A Permanent Solution Proem · n5MD · 2007 58.500

14254 Retaliation The Chisel · La vida es un mus · 2021 58.500

14255 Frogs Sprouts Clogs and Krauts The Rumour · Stiff Records · 1978 58.480

14256 Departure From the Northern Wasteland Michael Hoenig · Warner Bros. Records · 1978 58.480